Ford, Paul Leicester

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• Ford

  ·vi A stream; a current. II. Ford ·vt To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wa...

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• Ford

  Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must h...

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• ford

  The shallow part of a river, where troops may pass without injuring their arms. ...

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• Paul

  ·noun ·see <<Pawl>>. II. Paul ·noun An Italian silver coin. ·see <<Paolo>>. ...

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• Paul

  small; little ...

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• Paul

  =Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably ...

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• Paul

  (small, little). Nearly all the original materials for the life St. Paul are contained in the Acts o...

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• Ford, John

  (c. 1586?) Dramatist, b. probably at Ilsington, Devonshire, was admitted to the Middle Temple in 16...

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• Ford, Richard

  (1796-1858) Writer on art and travel, ed. at Winchester and Camb., and travelled for several years ...

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• paul bitt

  A strong timber fixed perpendicularly at the back of the windlass in the middle, serving to support ...

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• paul rim

  A notched cast-iron capstan-ring let into the ship's deck for the pauls to act on. ...

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• Hueffer, Ford Madox

  (b. 1873) Novelist, etc. The Brown Owl, The Inheritors and Romance (both with J. Conrad), The Face ...

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• Hayne, Paul Hamilton

  (1830-1886) Poet, b. at Charleston, S. Carolina, of an old family, contributed to various magazines...

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• Rycaut, or Ricaut, Sir Paul

  (1628-1700) Historian, was at Camb., and held various diplomatic positions. He wrote Present State ...

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• Paul, Herbert Woodfield

  (b. 1853) Historian and biographer. Men and Letters (1901), History of Modern England, Stray Leaves...

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• heave and paul

  Is the order to turn the capstan or windlass till the paul may be put in, by which it is prevented f...

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• Rapin de Thoyras, Paul

  (1661-1725) Historian, b. at Castres, Languedoc, belonged to a Protestant Savoyard family, and came...

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• capstan, to paul the

  To drop all the pauls into their sockets, to prevent the capstan from recoiling during any pause of ...

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• paul there, my hearty

  Tell us no more of that. Discontinue your discourse. ...

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• Timothy, Epistles Of Paul To

  The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are principally dev...

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• Philemon, The Epistle Of Paul To

  is one of the letters which the apostle wrote during his first captivity at Rome A.D. 63 or early in...

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